Bad and Crazy was not the best series despite some glowing reviews. Despite the fairly interesting crime mystery at its core, the writing, action sequences, elements in the acting and themes were very poorly executed.
The writing started to show its lack of depth at the 6th episode point. The main antagonist(s) were all revealed and the only thing keeping the series going was basically the antics of K and Ryu. There were a lot irrational character decisions seemed to only serve to elongate the run time rather than build on suspense.
There were only a couple of fight scenes that wasn't cringy. Many of the "minion" character seem to fall like straws, barely withstanding any punches. The fight choreography felt bland despite some homage to other movies (ie Transporter grease fight scene). Perhaps the fight scenes are meant to be more funny as this series is labelled "comedy". Sadly these scenes failed to be comedic or overly impressive. Would have benefitted to take a page out of Jackie Chan movies where the perfect amount of humour is thrown in.
My main gripe with this series is the poor handling of the themes of drug addiction and homelessness. The makeup, costume and portrayal all felt like an afterthought as if they were all just creating in what they perceive what drug addiction/homeless would look like rather than actually doing research.
Lastly, aside from Lee DongWook and Wi Ha-Joon (both of whom are superb in their roles), a lot of the acting of the other actors felt so forced and cringy. Unlike Crash Landing On You where the side characters stole the show, Bad and Crazy's side characters were forgettable and bit dull at times.
Overall, first half of series was fun ride but the latter half was just 1.5x speed glances at screen to see how antagonist gets punished.
The writing started to show its lack of depth at the 6th episode point. The main antagonist(s) were all revealed and the only thing keeping the series going was basically the antics of K and Ryu. There were a lot irrational character decisions seemed to only serve to elongate the run time rather than build on suspense.
There were only a couple of fight scenes that wasn't cringy. Many of the "minion" character seem to fall like straws, barely withstanding any punches. The fight choreography felt bland despite some homage to other movies (ie Transporter grease fight scene). Perhaps the fight scenes are meant to be more funny as this series is labelled "comedy". Sadly these scenes failed to be comedic or overly impressive. Would have benefitted to take a page out of Jackie Chan movies where the perfect amount of humour is thrown in.
My main gripe with this series is the poor handling of the themes of drug addiction and homelessness. The makeup, costume and portrayal all felt like an afterthought as if they were all just creating in what they perceive what drug addiction/homeless would look like rather than actually doing research.
Lastly, aside from Lee DongWook and Wi Ha-Joon (both of whom are superb in their roles), a lot of the acting of the other actors felt so forced and cringy. Unlike Crash Landing On You where the side characters stole the show, Bad and Crazy's side characters were forgettable and bit dull at times.
Overall, first half of series was fun ride but the latter half was just 1.5x speed glances at screen to see how antagonist gets punished.